Probably. But he could be trying to make children comfortable with the practice of communicating with 'spirit guides' or 'ascended masters.' And we know what those are. Regardless, the word daemon is obviously similar to demon, and it is simply reprehensible to inure children to the idea of communicating with a 'spirit guide' or demon. Even if he doesn't know what he's doing, someone in hell does.
I agree wholeheartedly. I also agree with your remarks earlier on Harry Potter.
Whenever I hear the word ‘daemon’, I always think of the little Unix programs running in the background of things, like ‘services’ in windows. I’m imagining how I would have interpreted a kid having a personal ‘daemon’ if I had read the books... lol I think sometimes I’m almost too nerdy to function =)